Fairview
There is a lot of info on this collision in Devonna & Don Edwards,
“The Little Dutch Village”, Nimbus, 2003, pp. 117-118. One of the
planes, an Avenger, crashed into Bedford Basin (near Fairview Cove).
The other one, a Fury, crashed into a “nearby hill”. The book states
that Ford Street was “near the crash site.” This happened at night,
April 9, 1953.
I imagine the local papers of
April 10, 1953, and a few days following,
would have plenty of details.
Terry Deveau, Thu Jan 20, 2005
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tks for the info on this one; I saw this crash from Dartmouth; I was walking down russell st. when I saw the crash, it scared me badly, I ran home and told my mother, she turned on the news and told me what had happened;
how can I get pics and details on line?
There is an Avenger on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum. As I understand it, this particular aircraft was salvaged from Bedford Basin, but was not indicated if there was a collision with another bird, before it was ditched.